The distinguished contemporary Jewish philosopher, teacher, and writer Rabbi Borowitz re-examines modern major Jewish thinkers in this full revised edition of his classic work.
Included are new chapters on mysticism, post-modernism and on Jewish feminist theology by Ellen M. Umansky. Philosophers discussed include: Hermann Cohen, Leo Baeck, Mordecai Kaplan, Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Buber, Abraham Heschel, and Joseph B. Soloveitchik. Other subjects include: the challenge of modernity, Zionism, the Holocaust, and issues of personal autonomy.